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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1946 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PACE THREE N.W.L. B. Grants Pay Raises To Sydney Steel Workers Dntario--N. Scotia Wage Differential Wiped Out By Move Coal Corporation's Sydney, N.S., steel plant. The direction was given on an application by the United Steelworkers of America (CI.0.) ina®-- move to wipe out the differential under which the Sydney production . workers received five cents an hour less than production workers in On- tario steel mills The increase an- fiounced today will supplement the '13-cent. increase which was the ba- #is of settlement for the recent 81- «day steel strike. 2 The board's order provides that workers whose hourly rate is less than 61 cents will receive a five cent increase. The increase tapers off to one-half cents for workers in 80 to 80% cent-an-hour cate- . Workers receiving 90 cents or 'more will not be increased. The in- créase is effective with the next pay period. 'The five-cent differential was an issue in the recent steel strike. The 'Union made several applications to the Nova Scotia War Labor Board for its removal and on rejection by "that body appealed to the National Board which, in the past had up- "hgld the Nova Scotia Board. . ost recent decision by the prov- 'incial Board was in January when "the application was rejected™on a 'tie vote among the four members. "The National Board upheld the re- Zjection on a majority decision May 30, 19046. The Union asked for re- consideration of the case but action by the National Board was suspend- ed during the strike, i. At the new hearing, held earlier mbnth, the Dominion Steel and Doal Corporation opposed the ap- plication and argued that the Board ed authority to change its pre- vious decision. The board did not 0 this view, 'Today's decision reviewed in de- ital] wartime changes in basic wage jFTate: at the Dosco plant as well as | hat the Algoma Steel Corp., Saut Ste. 3 ie, and. the Steel Company of 'Canada, Hamilton. At the outbreak 40f war the unskilled labor rate at dney was 43% cents; Sault Ste. e, 41% and Hamilton 46%. uw Algoma and Dosco plants FWere involved in the 1943 strike hich was settled by the establish nt of a rate of 50 cents at both nts. The Algoma base rate later creased to 64% cents as the result f a five-cent award by the Ontario 3 Labor Board and an increase fn the cost of living bonus. The No- Scotia Board ed down the on's application for a similar in- ep to the Sydney workers. today's decision the National Board took the position that the iimeinle of uniformity had been d in the order-in-council ¢ to end the 1943 strike and Bad een further endorsed by action #ot the National Board on wages for "maintenance 'workers in the two plants, "In our view, and with much res- pect, the evidence and the weight of , supports the Union's con- tion that a gross inequality ex- in the wage rates of the pro- duction wor' at Sydney," the Board said in y's findings. "The schedule of increases directed is: Less than 61 cents, 5 cents; 61 to 64%, 4; 65 to 67, 3%; 67% to 60%: 3; 70 to T2, 2%: T2% to 14%, 2; 16 to 77, 1%; Ti% to 19%; 1; 80 to 15, %; 90 or more, none. Former Chatham "Publisher Dead + Chatham Nov. 27, --(CP) -- Ar- thur Charles Woodward, former manager of Chatham Board of , and at one time publisher the Chatham Daily News, died € y in Victoria Hospital, Lon- , to which he was admitted a Wuple of weeks ago for medical feayment. He was 77 years of age. is survived by one daughter, G. G. McKeough of Chatham; grandchildren and one great- d; a brother, Henry and sisters, Kathleen and Beatrice 'oodward of Hamilton. Funeral will be held here Thurs- It was at the end of 1022 that Mr. Woodward disposed of the news to ihe 1ate W. J. Taylor 'of Woodstock, also acquired The Planet gnd merged the two papers in the pre- "ernment and sent Dally News. Child Problem In Divorce Cases London, Nov. 27.--(CP Cable)-- Formation of committees of experts in child welfare to advise judges awarding custody of children in divorce cases, is recommended by the Married Women's Association of Great Britain. One month ago the Association, headed by Dr, Edith Summerskill, Parliamentary Secretary in the Food Ministry, took the first step by making its suggestion to Justice Sir Alfred Dennings of the House of Lords committee on divorce law procedure. Now the Association, numbering more than 10,000 house- wives and mothers throughout the United Kingdom, awaits a reply to a new submission to Lord Chancel- lor Jowitt of the Law Lords. Claiming that children of divorce parents are an "inarticulate class-- with no one to speak for them" the married women adopted the prin- ciple that "every child must have the right to love and respect an adult being." They added the prin- ciple as a sixth to a five-point "children's charter" embodied in the Geneva Declaration of 19822. Steel Shortage Hits Farm Needs Hamilton, Nov 27--(CP)-- 8Short- age of steel as a result of the re- cent strike in the basic steel indus- try is still impeding the farm ma- chinery industry in its race to meet the urgent, spring-time need for implements, Claude- W. Lockard president of the International Har- vester Company of Canada, sald in an interview here, Exfaining the pressing demand for equipment, Mr. Lockard said that coupled with a tremendous ex- port demand there was a five-year backlog of domestic farm machin- ery needs, ; Report Plot Against King, Queen During Visit To United States Pictured are His Majesty The King, left, and Her Majesty The Queen, right, whose lives were endangered by a pro-Nazi plot in the United States at the time of the visit of the Royal couple to America seven years ago. i Centre, His Majesty as he appeared to throngs of welcomers in Oshawa when the couple passed through the city on their way west. The F.B.l. refuse to reveal any details as to the nature of the plot by German- American Bundists. New York, Nov. 27--(CP)--A Bizarre, unexcuted plot to assass- inate King George and Queen Eli- zabeth .during the Royal visit to the United States seven years ago was out in the open today. Terse facts of the attempt, con- cocted by two pro-Nazi Germans. were disclosed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Wash- ington but officials turned aside a'l efforts to pry detailed infor- mation en the attempt which was planned in 1939. An F.B.I, spokesman said that Fritz Wiedemann, then German Consul-General in San Francisco, 1 Million For Output Of Saskatchewan Salt; To Start Immediately Regina, Nov. 27.--(CP)--Dril- ling of wells for a $1,000,000 salt development scheme in the Unity area of Saskatchewan to employ between 60 and 80 men will be- gin immediately, it was announ- ced today. Resources Minister J, L. Phelps said in a statement that an agree- ment between the provincial gov- the Prairie : Salt Company, Limited, providing that a plant with minimum capacity of 25 tons daily would be ready. for operation before June 20, 1948, was ratified by Order-In-Council yesterday. Decision of the government to grant exploration and develop- ment rights to the company, a subsidiary of The Dominion Tar and Chemical Company Limitea, Montreal, came after the provin- cial government's economic board decided that it "would not be de- sirable to develop the salt depos- its under public ownership at the present time." Rental on the area to be devel- oped, about 90 miles northwest of Saskatoon, will be one dollar per acre annually and royalties will be based on 30 cents a ton or three per cent of the net manu- factured sale price of .bulk salt, whichever is the greater. A 435-foot layer of salt with assays running as high as 99.2 per cent sodium chloride--almost pure salt--has been' discovered at nearby Vera, Sask. The disco- veries were made while drilling for oll. . Seized German Machine May Advance ¥ Niagara Falls, Nov. 27 -- (CP)-- Te National Research Council is . ting with a machine seiz- d in Germany that might revolu- ionize the butter-making industry n Canada Dr. J. A. Pearce, Council ymber, revealed here in an ad- ress before the annual convention of the Ontario Creamery Associa- on. : : Hamed the Pritz process, the mechanism is a continuous butter- ' making machine. Dr. Pearce said limnary tests in Ottawa indicate e e has a capacity for pro- ucing 400 pounds of butter an ur. Scientists believe the maxi- mum capacity of the machine is ven greater. * Dr. Pearce explained there are any problems to overcome if the on: is.tp be developed in Ca- nada. It must be operated at maximum | i Butter Industry production and Canadian scien- tists must determine whether or not pre-treatment of cream used in Germany is that which is most suitable for - producing butter in Canada. : Because of the fat shortage in Germany, a 20 per 'cent moisture content in butter was. permitted. The machine is designed accord- ingly. However, Dr. Pearce said, it is reported, that the machine can produce butter with as little as 12 per cent moisture content. Butter made in Germany with the equip- ment was neither washed nor salt- ed. Some preliminary trials have indicated that the machine can be modified to perform both these operations. The greatest problem is whether or not butter prepared in this way will 'keep as well as butter prepar- ed by conventional methods, Dr. W. D. Scott, Dead At 87 Peterborough, Nov. 27-- (CP)-- Funeral services were to be held today in Murray Street Baptist Church for Dr. William Dixon Scott, dean of the medical profes- sion' in Peterborough, who yester- day died in his 88th year. He had been retired since 1934. Born in Smith Township, Peter- borough county, he attended Peter- borough Collegiate, then gradu- ated from the University of Toronto in 1883, He taught for 15 months in Gananoque High School, then en- tered Trinity Medical College, graduating in 1887. The following year began his practise in Peter- borough. He was the last member of the original medical staff of Nicholls Hospital, now Civic Hospital; sec- ond oldest member of Murray Street Baptist Church, and was passed only by Miss Mary Nicholls, 103. Dr. Scott took a keen interest in lawn .bowling and curling and we~ instrumental in forming 'the Peterborough Medical Association. Dr. Scott was predeceased by his wife, Adela ymore, in 1934 and is survived by his son, Dr, Raymore Scott of Peterborough and daugh- jes, Mrs, Alexander Roberts, To- ronto. Display Eastern Ontario Products : Ottawa, Nov. 27-- (CP) -- Farm products from 11 eastern Ontario counties will be op display at the annual two-day eastern Ontario export food show which opens to- day at Lansdowne Park. The annual meeting of the East- ern Ontario Cheesemakers' Associa tion will be held Thursday in con- junction with the snow. A feature will be the exhibition of 383 90-pound Canadian cheddar cheese, part of the largest cheese exhibit in the six-year history of the show. Other produce on display Plot To Assassinate The King And Queen Is Revealed In U.S. and Hermann Schwinn, a member of the A German-American Bund, discussed a plan for the assassi- nation in May, 1939, a month be- fore The King and Queen entered the United States for a four-day visit during the course of their coast-to-coast tour of Canada that year, He added that no attempt was made to carry out the plot, which Wiedemann and Schwinn hatched in San Franscisco, Schwinn subsequently was de- ported to Germany as a danger- ous alien, and Wiedemann also was expelled when the United States closed up all German con- sulates in June, 1941. Be,ond that, the F.B.I. both inj Washington and in San Francisco refused to give out any informa- tion, The belated official version of the pre-war plot came only after the San Francisco Crll-Bulletin in a copyrighted story from Wash- ington had disclosed the abortive plan, In London, a Scotland Yard spokesman said he had no infor- mation about the plot. Left unanswered - wer? these questions: Why was the plot kept secret for seven years? What was the proposed method of assassination? Did The King and Queen ever learn of the plot? However, The Call - Bulletin story, by Fred J. Walker, writing for = Hearst Publications, Inc. sald the F.B.I, received informa- tion on the plot in May, 1939, by undisclosed means. The story said that as a result, during the 29-day Royal visit to North America, 'one of the grea- test protective nets ever assemb- led in modern times was immedi- ately thrown about The King and Queen." The Royal couple landed at Quebec on May 17, 1939, after a 12-day fog-delayed Atlantic cros- sing aboard the Empress of Aus- tralia and sailed from Halifax aboard the Empress of Britain on June 15. Their four days in the United States, June 7-11, includ- ed visits 9 'Washington, New York and 'Hyde Park, N.Y, where the late President Roose- velt was their host at a picnic. Walker said in the Call-Bullet- in story that an F.B.I. memoran- dum detailing German and Jap- anese espionage activities in the United States prior to the Pearl Harbor attack was highiighted by information on the plot against The King and Queen, . There was no immediate word from London to indicate whether the King and Queen ever knew of the plot. Last night, when the story first broke, they were atten- ding a dance at Buckingham Pa- lace. x SHEPHARD'S MEAT MARKET OPEN NEW FRUIT DEPARTMENT A new feature of the Shephard's Meat Store on Simcoe St. N. on Thursday morning will be the addi- tion of a new fruit and vegetable department, carrying all the high- est ality fresh fruits and vege- will be bacon, poultry, fruit, vege- tab tables and honey. * _ Bacon exhibitors and junior farmer judging teams were guests today at a luncheon given by the Ottawa Kiwanis Club. At another luncheon, 8. C. Barry, associate di- rector of the poultry marketing and production services of the agri- culture department, will speak. Other exhibitors will be the East- ern Ontario Turkey Growers' Asso- ciation, the Carleton County Poul- try, Producers, The St. Lawrence Valley Fruit Growers' Association and 'The Ottawa Valley Beekeepers' Association, : v Shephard's'Meat Market was pur- chased by Mr. Shephard last year in| This popular store is one' of the oldest meat markets in the October. city of Oshawa and before being purchased by Mr. Shephard was | owned and operated by Mr, Cawker for a great many years. Mr. Fred Fairhart, formerly con- nected with Loblaws will be the new fruit and vegetable manager at the Shephard Meat Market and both the new manager «and owner hope that the addition of this new ser- vice will be a boon to the patrons of this popular store. Officials Chuckle London, Nov. 27--(CP Cable) ---An official at Buckingham Palace today chuckled over San Francisco and Washington re- ports that two Germans had plotted to assassinate the King and Queen during their Royal tour to Canada and the United States in 1939. "We have not heard anything about this," the official said. "It is entirely new." And Scotland Yard said that nothing was known of any at- tempt "as far as we know." Only One 'Bard,' Robert Burns | Dundas, Nov. 27--To most people "The Bard" means Shakespeare-- but to Scotsmen the world over there is only one bard, and his name is Robert Burns. That is why the exhibition, under strict guard, of the great poet's snuff-box at the gath- ering of Scottish societies in the Hamilton Armories next Wednesday will be a memorable occasion. En- graved on the valuable relic are in- scriptions. "Robert Burns to John Syme; John Syme to William Syme; William Syme to J. M. Babington; J. M. Babington to St. Andrews So- ciety of Dundas. C. W." The C. W. evidently denotes Canada West, as Ontario was then known. Australia's Spending Orgy Is Petering Out Sydney, Australia, Nov, 27. -- (C P)--A spending orgy that came in Australia with the end of the war is petering out and people have be- come sparing both in their pleas- ures and domestic purchases, Returned service personnel have spent their deferred pay received on discharge, either on their rehabili- tation or on a holiday before re- suming civilian work. Civilians are thought to have spent their war savings, Sydney night clubs report a big drop in attendance. Except for Friday and Saturday nights when they are still crowded, attend- ances ape said to be only about half of what they have been, though food and service have improved. Shops also report falling demand for goods other than essentials. Ho- tel-keepers, whose bars do. big busi- ness, say that their sales are steady but there is no wild spending. Bookmakers in Sydney and Mel- bourne report that people are betting on the horses in modest sums instead of big wagers that us- ed to go around the ring. Mel- bourne bookmakers estimate their takings at a recent important race meeting were down 50 per cent though attendance at the track was larger than a year ago. Total- Ottawa, Nov, 27.--(CP) -- As an heirloom and a showpiece guilty of failure to contribute positively to modern methods, the horse is be- ing banished from the permanent Canadian Army . Without the slightest whinny of nostalgia, a spokesman at army headquarters made it clear that the active force, for its own reasons, has joined a trend that has seen the horse become a fugitive from the milk wagon, the beer truck, even frequently from the furrowed soil it- self. As in those other cases, his ex- planation was perfectly simple: the horse is becoming.an anachronism in this wheel-wide world. It was put forward directly as an answer to the failure of Canada to field an army team for the jumping at either the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto or the national horse show in New York, pre-war scenes of efficient Canadian riding against military teams from such countries as the United States, France, Bel- gium, Russia, Germany and others. The competitions this year saw en- tries from the United States, Mexi- co and Peru. Horses A Thing Of The Past For The Canadian Army With army approval, an effort was put forward by the Winter Fair to organize a Canadian team but it failed--because it couldn't round up enough satisfactory horses in Canada and because it couldn't ob- tain army approval to mount Ca- nadians on horses offered by the United States army. Possibly there is a different spirit among the troopers with such per- manent force cavalry regiments as the Lord Strathcona Horse and the Royal Canadian Dragoons, but at headquarters, the horse is viewed as simply another sacfifice to time. For men who have just come . through a tough war in which the horse played no notable part, headquar- ters officials are bent on squeezing the appropriated public dollar for every bit of modernity. Tha} means training in motorcycles, tanks and scout cars whose bellies are full of gasoline. ¥ So the horse is out. In the Unit- ed States and European continen- tal armies this is not so, but head- quarters officials are willing to bet that they will probably vanish from British Empire forces, izator figures were also down. There has been a decline in sav- ings deposits with banks, Deposits with trading banks dropped by about $10,000,000 in June. Depos- its with the government-controlled Commonwealth Bank after reach- ing record figures in July have fall- en from a monthly average of $20,~ 000,000 to about $700,000. MARITIME PAY DEMAND TOMORROW Glace Bay, N.S, Nov. 37--(CP)| Spokesmen for 13,000 Maritime coal miners will enter wage nego- tiations tomorrow armed with a strike mandate for the first time since the United Mine Workers of America "attained recognition in Nova Scotia in 1917. The authority to call a strike if deemed necessary to obtain a set tlement of wage demands was given officers of the Canadian Congress of Labor-affiliated uni on in a pithead.plebiscite in coal mining areas of eastern Nova Sco tla and New Brunswick yesterday, District president Freeman Jenkins said results available ine dicated an overwhelming major ity in favor of giving the union | board authority to take strike ace tion. Chief demand which the uniom will make in uegotiat'~.s with mining subsidiaries of Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation to- morrow will be for an increase of 27 cents an hour, raising basio pit wages to $1 and adding an es~ timated $7,000,000 to the indus« try's annual wage bill, The union is seeking to have its demands embodied in a cone tract to become effective next Feb, 1, the day after expiry of the current agreement, A new demand which will en- ter the negotiations is that of a royalty of 15 cents a ton on all coal mined, This would be used for establishing a pension scheme, Miners, now working «44-hour week, have also announced inten- tions to ask for time and a half for work over 40 hours weekly or eight hours dally. BRIDES SAIL TODAY London, Nov. 27--Canada-bound servicemen's dependents who dis- embarked from the liner Empire Brent after a collision Wednesday morning at Liverpool, probably will re-embark Dec, 3 and sail for Hali- fax the following day, they were told last night. U.K. Furniture Trade Needs Free London, Nov. 27--(CP)--A "work- ing party" of labor, management and consumer representatives set up by the labor government to In- vestigate the furniture industry has reported that free enterprise and competition are needed to keep the industry running at its best. With certain safeguards to protect the public interest, competition should be given free play, it told Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade. "This industry, serving an in- tensely individual want, and de- pendent on the vagaries of public taste cannot function effectively unless enterprise .can earn a suit- able reward." Utility furniture -- standardized models of small size and moderate cost -- and price control should stay until supplies come up to de- mand, the working party recom- mended. Ater everyone has had a chance to buy, however, the con- trols should be dropped. Best way to ensure long-term ef- Enterprise ficlency in the industry is "to stimulate imaginative enterprise and raise the general ability of management and labor, rather than to hedge it round with negative re- strictions and controls." The working party found "shock- ing conditions" in many of the small firms ich are a signific- ant section of the industry. In 1938 more than 3,000 firms employed fewer than 10 men each. There is a tendency in some quarters to. sentimentalize about small firms and to represent them all as being producing the finest furniture. "In fact, a relatively small pro- portion are in this category and far too many are producing shoddy furniture under shocking condi tions." The view was current in the trade that some small firms are "a main source of black market sup- plies" and that their present high wage levels. are "fed by the black market." evening than time permits CHEST ARMOURIES NOTICE We have more requests for appointments in the pointment card calls for a time other than you requested please accommodate us by coming as otherwise everyone cannot be X-rayed. KIWANIS us to accept. If your ap- CLINIC TELEPHONE 1834 * . 1st as possible, FILL IN THIS COUPON NOW! As Chairman of the committee I extend an invitation to all citizens and solicit their assistance in helping us to compile a complete list of active service personnel in order that this special committee might recommend to council a procedure to be followed in honoring our World War II heroes. We want the citizens of Oshawa to fill in this coupon and deposit it at The Timeés-Gazette office. It is the hope of this committee that the entire FORWARD THIS COUPON TO t, ALDERMAN W. J. 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